Activities of Curzio MALTESE related to 2017/2127(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the European Disability Strategy
Amendments (17)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls onUrges Member States to recognise the importance of quality and inclusive early childhood and primaryensure quality and inclusive education and social care and to put in place appropriate structand effective measures for young children with disabilities and/or special educational needs (SEN);
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets the gradual cuts in public funding for education because of the economic crisis in Europe; points out that education is a fundamental human right and a common good;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure an effective data collection system by means of clear indicators concerning people with disabilities with regard to access to education, in particular data concerning high-dependency individuals;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Regrets that among the EU SDGs indicators, the one on education is not disaggregated by disability; underlines that the European Disability Strategy should aim at bridging the gap in collection of data about access to education of persons with disabilities;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks Member States and the Commission to pay special attention to the difficulties young people with disabilities and/or SEN encounter in their transition from education to employment and to use for this purpose all existing instruments and initiatives in the fields of employment, youth policy, culture and education; calls, moreover, for the relevant associations, families of people with disabilities and the people with disabilities themselves to be involved in the entire decision-making process;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that only 26.9% of persons with disabilities aged 30-39 in Europe have completed a tertiary or equivalent education, compared to 40.8% of persons without disabilities and the employment rate remains very low;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that lower education attainment, early school leavers, lack of adapted programmes, discrimination, lack of skills and support for the jobs, as well as accessibility of work places are still the main challenges to labour market inclusion;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Deplores the fact that the employment rate among women with disabilities is less than 50%, a figure which highlights the twofold discrimination that they face, making it difficult for them to play a full part in society;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Asks Member States and the Commission to ensure equal access to education for all, notably throughout specific programmes and measures for immigrants and refugees with disabilities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Notes that people with disabilities are full and active members of society as a whole; calls on the Member States, therefore to use the Structural Funds, in particular the European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), to improve the education and training of people with disabilities in addition to places of work and schools;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Encourages EU public institutions and companies to implement diversity policies and the national Diversity Charters;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Encourages all Member States to introduce the EU Disability card;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the ongoing effort to include access provisions in Union programmes and initiatives and calls forConsiders it necessary to further mainstreaming of accessibility requirements in Union cultural policies, including through the implementation of the Marrakech Treaty, the review of the AVMS Directive, the European Capitals of Culture and Creative Europe;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that the modernisation under way in the cultural and creative sectors can help to ensure accessibility of services; calls on the Commission and Member States, therefore, to ensure that the companies concerned make their services accessible;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of improving the digital skills and competences of persons with disabilities, and calls on Member States to ensure the protection of vulnerable citizens online, by increasing education in digital and media literacy as part of both non-formal and formal education;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Member States to transpose, without delay, Directive (EU) 2016/2102 on the accessibility of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies, to ensure that everyone is able to enjoy the right to information and democratic participation; calls on the EU institutions, in this regard, to comply with the requirements and obligations laid down in the directive with regard to websites;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that in order to ensure that EU legislation is progressively harmonised with the measures laid down in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the directive on the European Accessibility Act will need to be adopted more swiftly and all Member States asked to sign and ratify the additional protocol to the Convention and to implement the recommendations of the UN committee, with reference to Article 24, so that the EU may equip itself with the necessary resources with which to make inclusive, quality education more easily accessible;